Blog 2017

“If you’re doing serious research, then you need an academic website,” says Chris Dames, dean of libraries at the University of Missouri—St. Louis." Dames is bringing in Summon and also making sure that every inch of the library is wireless and adding a coffee service so students can study in caffeinated peace.

What one thing would Stephen Parnell from the University of South Australia and Scott Garrison, formerly of Western Michigan University and currently at Ferris State University, share with libraries considering the Summon service? Hear it from their own lips in this video.

At the recent ALA conference, I had the opportunity to lead a session called “The Road to Intota: The Journey of Web-scale Development” session which included an overview of how Intota is being developed and what’s unique about it.

Key Note provides intelligence on industries, markets and businesses in the U.K., for the benefit of U.K.-based businesses and the academic community. Under a new agreement, they will be discoverable through the Summon Service.

The Multnomah County Library wanted a better way to manage their ever-changing electronic resource information. Find out how Brandon Barnett, Electronic Resources Library was able to, “…get rid of the spreadsheets, the Post-It notes, all of the random little bizarre ad-hoc ways I used to remind myself of different things.”